comparison with dodgeball

variation of tag

Suspense is an important element of certain elaborations of the game: in
ostrakinda, described by the 2nd-century Greek writer Julius Pollux, two teams stood on either side of a line. A shell was spun or tossed in the air, and one team chased the other according to which side of the shell turned up. In another form, the chaser turns his back and walks...